The Sage of Fairy Tail

by Arch-Daishou

With his defeat of Pein and paying his last respects to his late Sensei and Godfather. Naruto Uzumaki finds himself in Earthland by a mysterious golden light. In this new world does the young sage find what he truly looking for while protecting those he has come to love from the darkness to come? -postponed-

8. Devil's night

Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail.

Co-Author and Beta: Etheral-23

Co-Author and Beta: Godospartan the kitsune

Chapter 8: Devil's night

XxX ~ last time ~ XxX

The notes and lyrics went nearly ignored by Gray, yet they stirred memories from within him. Memories which made him feel joy and sadness all the same. Of a woman with short black hair who looked smirked at him, a powerful and kind person, the type of mage he aspired to be.

'My training is harsh, you sure you're up for it Gray?'

'Heh, Yup! I can do anything!'

The smirk had turned into a proud smile. Whenever she smiled at him like that, Gray could remember what it felt to have a mother.

As Lyra's song continued, his hands which were joined trembled, a single tear fell from his eye. 'I'll end this nightmare before it starts' He swore. 'As your student, I swear this to you Ur'

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

As they waited in the cave, Lucy's summoning still played gently on her harp while Claire eyed her new human friends. It was so rare for the elf to discover humans having open minds like these children. It surprised her, and in a good way. She had been around for more than their lifetimes combined, over four centuries of traveling and experiences had shown her much. Her learning of the world fueled by her unquenchable wanderlust. She had come to know some humans as superstitious, mistrusting, and with bigoted views on the world around them.

That was not to say she hadn't met those who were just as friendly, cheerful and kind-hearted like these human mages of Fairy Tail. It wasn't fair to paint an entire race with the same brush. She herself wasn't one to judge, her race had her own faults, she knew a good number of her people who had a stick up their asses and were in need of a good beating.

It was always the same. People were chaotic like that, and so was she. So she always just went on her way regardless of who she met. Though she might grow close to them, she would always be on the move, her spirit was too wild and free to settle down in one place.

Fairy Tail had been a whim. She had heard great things about them from queen Keishara, the wise elven queen considered herself a friend of the guild's current master, and said the founder of Fairy Tail had been a very dear friend to her. So when she first met this gang of lunatics, her interest was piqued, and she decided to stick around for a time, see what adventures she could have with them.

And yet... that interest was quickly becoming something more. The way they all smiled for the simplest of reasons, how they fought over petty things constantly, but the sheer family love they all held for one another, the determination of its members to do what their hearts told them was right, like right now when they decided to help the people of Garuda, not caring that they were demons... it was beautiful to behold.

Claire was feeling drawn to these people. With a soft smile she decided that perhaps she would stay around longer than she usually did. The future was bound to be interesting around them.

She giggled watching Natsu snored loudly with a sleeping Happy beside the dragon slayer. Not far away, Naruto kept his eyes on the frozen Deliora; 'Well what do you have to say now furball?'

"About what brat?"

The old fox could feel the blonde runt's smile was positively smug, and it infuriated him to no end. 'These people ain't as bad as you thought' Yes, there was definitely smugness in the voice projected through his thoughts. 'All those times you taunted me, saying they wouldn't accept me...' Naruto's smirk grew wider, both feeling elation and pride at being a member of this great Guild. 'Well, look where we are now. Helping demons just because they are good people in need of help'

A bored snort came from the Kyuubi; "Not all of demon kind choose to be evil Naruto. You will find Demons are vastly complex creatures."

Too stunned at not being called 'kit' or 'whelp' or 'brat, or any other of the nicknames the old fox had for him, Naruto found himself unable to reply.

"Humans like their views of things to be black and white. Demons, while many of them are far from being saints, delve into a line humans are not comfortable with, a line which deviates from their perceptions of the world, so they don't bother to understand and instead choose to fear and shun it" The old fox paused; "Why do you think the demons in that village live in such a remote place? Because do you honestly think you can tell me, humanity as a whole will ever accept those demons? Their village would be burned, and the 'evil' demons slain. That is what your kind does. Reject what is different from you."

'We're not all like that! Can't you least see that?! Not every human are simple minded bastards!'

The Kyuubi grunts in irritation "Up until know you were afraid these Fairies were going to reject you if they knew about me! So don't act all sanctimonious when you yourself doubted them!"

Those words made Naruto mentally flinch. Of course he was still terrified of telling the others in the guild about the Kyuubi. He thought of how easy these people had accepted him. Would it be the same if he told them he had a primordial demon sealed in his soul?

Would they see him as a monster, a demon..? He knew the old fox had him. But how hypocritical did he actually sound saying one thing yet was too much of a coward to do something else.

Part of him knew he was being illogical when he had witness with his own eyes how his friends were willing to stand up for these demons... But the fearful part of him kept telling himself these were 'good demons', they weren't the savage force of destruction sealed in him, nor the demon trapped in the ice before them.

He was afraid, plain and simple. Afraid they'd look at him with those same eyes everyone in Konoha used to give him. While he came to be accepted in the end, it was only through impossible heroics and years of hard work. If he were being honest with himself, he would have never told anyone about his status as a jinchuuriki, ever. Looking back, the only times people found out it was because of circumstances and other people revealing that aspect of his life.

He had never told a single person himself...

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

Light footsteps echoed through a tunnel deep under the temple, as Ultear, who alone for the moment dropped her magic guise as a man to explore. She had to admit the system of hand craved tunnels was very well made, and whoever did this took their time.

Still, a bored sigh escaped her lips; "That child honestly believes killing an already dying demon will make him better than her," the last word came out in a growl.

Honestly, he was so deranged in believing he could escape her shadow. How he rambled on about melting that accursed ice and slaying Deliora. Not counting on the fact that the demon had pretty much one foot on death's door, at his current power the delusional ice mage would not last more than a minute. It was all a pointless endeavor that was bound to end in failure either way.

It came as no surprise to Ultear that such a foolish boy as Lyon was a product of her mother's teachings.

Then that other runt and his friends came. The second student of Ur, no doubt they would come to blows with Lyon and his followers once they find out what they were up too.

A grin graced her slips at the mental image of Ur's precious students tearing themselves apart.

She shook away those hate filled thoughts and concentrated on her task. Not long ago, Grimoire Heart had able to track down a strange sort of energy coming from the temple. Galuna Island's temple always possessed a passive field of holy magic, but lately the powers seemed... renewed, for some reason they had yet to explain.

Taking advantage of the fools wasting their time on the Moon Drip ritual, she had managed to easily enter their ranks under guise to better examine the temple. There was something here, a reason as to why the powers of the temple's holy magic were acting up all of sudden.

It could be that the people intent on freeing Deliora had accidentally done something, a side-effect of the Moon Drip washing the entire island with its power for three years straight. But Master Hades still wanted her to investigate.

And Ultear was intent on not leaving this island empty handed.

She kept walking for some minutes, going deeper still into the maze of tunnels. She noticed how the air began to shift from cold to a slightly warmer temperature. It only got stronger as she kept walking.

A feeling washed over as the warmth increased. She couldn't describe it in words as the warmth enveloped her as she walked further in. But her heart felt light, her soul calm, as it was those moments her adopted daughter smiled or hugged her.

She perked up seeing a faint glow in the distance that pulsed almost like a heart.

She ended up reaching a dead end, a chamber that, like the rest of the tunnels, was devoid of any properly made walls, carvings or any type of stonework previously seen on the temple. Though while there were signs of man-made works on previous sections of the underground tunnels, this place stood empty. Well, save for one thing.

At the end of the cave, resting atop some rocks was the source of the glow and the warmth that swept through the entire section.

There laid a crystal.

It looked like emerald, an uneven raw piece of uncut gemstone. The crystal gave off a light, shimmering, comforting, and inviting. It moved like waves inside the gem.

Ultear had found the source of the anomaly, of that she was certain.

She walked up to the crystal, observing it carefully, trying to spot any traps that might trigger, feeling if there were any curses on the object. Ultear slowly placed her hands around it, and was greeted by the pleasurable sensation a delightful warm, like the kind one feels when taking a hot bath during a cold night.

She reached out to the crystal with her magic, trying to better grasp the essence of its power... Her eyes widened and a soft gasp escaped her lips. This thing... it was ancient beyond memory, powerful beyond measure, it carried a presence of bygone ages which rarely could be found in the current era.

Ultear felt a hunger surge within her, as if tempted by the sight a delicious and exotic fruit. The energy of the crystal was as restrained as it appeared, it could be drawn upon easily. She eagerly wrapped her own magic around it and pulled...

Power. Raw, pure, primordial power assaulted every small part of her being. It traversed through her body, filling her veins and sending shocks through her nerves. Ultear's eyes shot open and she threw her head back, gasping loudly from the sheer energy coursing inside her. She fell to her knees as these could support no longer.

Her body shivered as she felt she had climaxed as pleasure induced gasps escaped her lips. Her eyes half lidded as she gazed at the crystal; 'S... Such... Power...'

One hand barely managing to support her body, the other still holding the gem tightly, as she heaved out long deep breaths. The sheer enormity of the power that had assaulted her body was too much; she hadn't been able to control herself. Slowly she regained some semblance of control as she stood up on shaky legs. She wiped the trails of saliva running down the corners of her lips, her breath returning to its regular rhythm.

She held the crystal before her and smiled with intoxication. "Well now..." Her voice was breathy and huskies than usual, deep into the center of her eyes shined barely visible speck of the same emerald light that emanated from the gem in her hand. She felt invigorated beyond belief, she felt as if this crystal had taken her to a new realm of existence, and had made her feel things she never felt before. As if she previously lacked all senses as was finally able to sense a whole new realm of sensations which had induced extreme feelings of empowerment and pleasure all at once. For a moment, she had felt beyond human... "Isn't this interesting?"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

Natsu and Happy woke up with a start as the ground suddenly shook. "Hey, what's up?" the dragon slayer muttered as he rubbed his eyes.

Gray and Naruto both stand quickly as a spell circle appeared over the frozen body of Deliora; "Okay, what the hell is going on?" the blond Uzumaki said quietly.

A mid-size beam of energy soon was the answer as it blasted forth from the circle like a drill on the ice.

"What are trying to do?" Lucy wondered out loud.

The ice mage among them only looked on with fear; "They're trying to free Deliora!"

"Shit!" The elf of the group cursed loudly. "We gotta stop them!"

They quickly took the path those who served the so called 'Reitei' had taken before, calculating it would lead them to the surface. Gray ran with all the speed he could muster, constantly chanting to himself that he wouldn't let this people get away with it. They ran through the tunnels until they reached the end, where they saw the darkness of the night being pushed away by the magic that was being cast.

They left through the entrance of a hill and quickly spotted a group of people in robes chanting over some broken ruins, a great beam of light descended from the moon itself and unto a well which they guessed connected directly with Deliora's chamber.

"What the..?" Naruto stared in shock. "Are they using moonlight for their ritual?"

"Oh gods no" Claire whispered in terror. She could feel the sheer amount of energy running through the moonlight "this type of celestial magic... it must be a type of ritual designed to break down other spells"

"It's a ritual which means 'Moon Drip' in the Beria language" To their surprise it was Lyra who answered, the usually cheerful spirit had a serious look on her face.

"O-Oh right you're still here..." Lucy muttered. With all the commotion she had forgotten to send Lyra back...

Slamming a flaming fist into his palm, Natsu grinned; "Well lets kick their asses!" he was about to jump over till Lyra surprisingly stronger than she looked, grabbed his foot and threw him back. "What the hell was that for?!"

"Sorry, but it is better to know who is doing this than getting overwhelmed isn't it?" Lyra said in a serious tone.

"Hey, who is that guy?" Naruto wondered as they hid behind some crumbled ruins.

Walking towards the group of cultist was a man of average height, wearing a large cloak and a carved horned helmet with a long tail of horse hair which covered most of his face, all of it made him stand out more, giving him a greater presence. He was accompanied by Sherry, Toby, and Yuuka.

"If I were to guess" Claire spoke while crossing her arms. "I'd say that's 'Reitei'"

"It's almost at hand," Reitei spoke with smooth toned voice. "After so many long years Deliora shall be free... Yuuka, you said there were possible intruders at the temple?"

"Yes Reitei-Sama, Shall I search for them?"

"I want no interference or distractions..."

"Understood," the blue haired man nodded.

Gray look at the helmeted man in shock, his breathing becoming heavier. 'That voice... it can't be...'

"How long until Deliora is finally released?" Reitei asked.

"One or two days more perhaps" Sherry answered.

Toby, once more letting out an unwarranted outburst, shouted. "Which is it?!"

Reitei ignored the shenanigans of his companion and instead focused on the beam of pure moonlight. "We're so close... I don't want anyone interfering, while the intruders remain hidden to us, I want you three to go and obliterate the village on the other side of the island"

The Fairies gasped in shock and horror. "Wait, he's gonna harm innocent people?!" Lucy exclaimed in outrage.

Naruto grunted in anger. "Okay, that's it" He jumped over the crumbled wall with the intent of stopping them. Getting 'Aye sir' from Happy on his shoulder.

"I'm with you there" Claire said with anger as she summoned her bow of blue starlight.

"FINALLY!" Natsu shouted and stood over the wall. Taking a deep breath, he let out a great burst of fire in the air to get their attention.

It worked, as the robed mages and their leaders turned towards them, startled by the sudden burst of flames. "What in the..?" Reitei exclaimed in surprise.

XxX ~ Ultear ~ XxX

Her body practically hovered just at the entrance of to where Deliora's body is housed, as the intoxicated smile never left her lips. Ultear can feel Lyon and his followers above her, as well as… Her smile turned predatory, "So you've come as well Naruto..." The glow in her eyes intensifies as the crystal glowed in her hand. "Show me your true power," Ultear purred.

Lifting her hand that held the crystal, she could see Deliora dormant and dying in his icy prison. "I restore your life anew; let your rage loose upon the world once more!"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

"Those marks" Sherry exclaimed in surprise. "They're from Fairy Tail!"

"Tch" Reitei made a sound of displeasure. "I don't care who they are" He pulled out an arm from underneath his cloak. "They stand in my way, they die!" Bringing down his hand in a swift motion, a wave of greenish colored ice shot forth from the ground, heading directly towards the Fairies.

Acting on instinct, Gray jumped before the ice, and countered it with his own magic. The clash created a large icy geyser sprouting from the ground.

"Don't you just stand there!?" The ice mage shouted. "Stop them from getting to the village!"

"On it!" Naruto shouted, he became a blur as he jumped quickly all over the terrain. Too fast for Reitei to anticipate his movements and stop him.

"What are you waiting for?! Go to the village!" He ordered his followers.

Sherry, Toby and Yuuka swiftly turned and once more ran towards their destination, but were stopped in their tracks when five blue arrows rained down from the sky and embedded themselves in the ground before them. The arrows shimmered and exploded, the blast was strong enough to send them to the ground.

"Guh!" They shouted as they were thrown backwards.

Creating three more starlight arrows, notched and ready to fire, an enraged Claire glared hard at the trio. "Try and go near that village, humans, and I will kill you where you stand."

Having dispelled Lyra, Lucy brought out Taurus. The buxom blond's eyes showed her own anger. "You're not setting one foot to the village. How can you be so cruel?!"

Gray kept his eyes on Reitei; "Been a while hasn't it Gray?" the helmet wearing man smirked.

"It is you..."

Reitei chuckled and proceeded to remove his helmet. Revealing a young man about their age, his hair was spiky, with some think strands partially covering the left side of his forehead, its color was bluish silver. His eyes were dark and slanted. He flashed a haunting smirk at Gray.

"Lyon..." The ice mage of Fairy Tail seethed.

"Come now, Gray. Is that any way to talk to a former fellow student?"

Lucy and Natsu's jaw dropped at the revelation. "Wait, what?!" Claire's eyes widened and she let out a soft gasp.

Naruto, who was in the process of placing seals on the trio to limit their movements, snapped his gaze back the two ice users and looked at them with shock. "Are you serious?!"

'What a twist!' The fox laughed, amused by the whole situation.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Gray's fist shook with rage. "You would go this far to disrespect our master!"

"That's rich coming from you," Lyon said darkly. "Since it's your fault she was killed."

The Fairy ice mage's faces was a mixture of anger and regret, Lyon's words cut deeply into him for Gray believed them to be the truth. So caught up in his own internal struggle he did not react in time when Lyon fired a blast of ice magic straight at him.

Natsu jumped in front of Gray just in time to intercepted, he snarled as his fire fist shroud collided with the attack, the clash of the elements creating a soft fog that quickly dissipated.

"Snap out of it!" The Dragon Slayer shouted. "You can't let this prick's words get to you!"

"Gray!" Naruto called for his friend. "I don't know what happened between you and him, but he's planning to release the demon, we have to stop him!"

His friends' words managed to reach the ice mage, the image of Ur smiling at him, teaching him and Lyon, appeared on his mind. Gray let out a heavy breath as he regained his focus; he stood tall and glared at his fellow student. "Lyon, I don't know what possessed you to do this, but I won't let you dishonor Ur's memory"

The silver haired young man's face twisted in anger. "Spare me your empty platitudes Gray" He seethed. "Ur failed; she died because of your stubbornness"

Gray's face remained resolute, refusing to let his words get to him again.

"She should have made us the mages we're meant to be" Lyon continued. "If I can defeat Deliora, the demon that not even Ur could kill, than it'll prove just how much I've surpassed her" His lips twisted into a hideous smile, and his eyes carried a nearly demented look to them. "All I need to do first is destroy Iced Shell"

"Are you insane?!" Gray roared in outrage. "Not only would Deliora destroy you in a second! That ice is Ur!" His friends looked at him in shock in confusion. Even Lyon paused at that. "Iced Shell transforms the user's body into ice, the barrier which holds Deliora is Ur herself!"

His fists clenched tightly.

"If you destroy Iced Shell, you'll be killing Ur!"

For a moment, nobody said anything.

"Don't be a fool Gray" Lyon said coldly. "I already knew that"

Gray gasped in surprise. He had not expected Lyon to find out. Ur had made him promise he'd never tell Lyon the truth...

"Ur is already dead" The dynamic ice mage continued. "That barrier is not her anymore..." He said dispassionately, uncaring of fellow student's words, of the fate and legacy left by their old master. "Those are just scraps of ice"

A spike of killer intent rushed through the area for moment which nearly froze everyone, the only one unaffected was Gray, whose anger surpassed anything the blonde ninja could make. It vanished as Naruto snarled over at Gray's former friend; "Where is your fucking honor?" He growled. "You would be that disrespectful to you own late master's body?!"

Lightly glaring over, Lyon eyed the blond for the moment; "You're the Sage of Fairy Tail. This does not concern you; this is between me and Gray."

"Well tough luck!" It was Lucy who spoke. "Cause the moment you went on about hurting innocent people it became our problem!" The Celestial Mage stood next to Natsu and Gray. "And I don't care what you say, if you've got a bone to pick with Gray, and then you also have one with us!"

Natsu grinned savagely in cracked his knuckles. "We're gonna kick your ass!"

"Fairy Tail style" Naruto added with a grin.

"Ohhh nobody told me we had a style" The elf of the group joked, but her eyes were filled with the same determination.

Gray looked stunned at his comrades, even he felt this was something he needed to do on his own, he was greatly touched by how fast they were willing to stand at his side. "You guys..."

XxX ~ Ultear ~ XxX

The Time Mage grinned wildly as the ice cracked and melted, destroying the legacy left by that woman felt incredibly good. She absently wondered if this euphoria was brought on by her own feelings, or if she was drunk on the crystal.

The Iced Shell had drained Deliora's lifeforce for over a decade, so under normal circumstances the demon would fall apart dead mere moments after its release, and while she was able accelerate the destruction of Ice Make with her own magic, she could not wind back the time on beings already dead.

...But the crystal in her hand was proving to be a magnificent tool. It was filled such primordial power, such life essence, that she was able to quickly rejuvenate the demon as she freed him, returning its lifeforce to its prime.

"Come forth Deliora!" She exclaimed in ecstasy. "Break away from your prison, and crush that accursed woman's students!"

The dark eyes of the demon suddenly blazed like fire.

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

"We settle this Lyon," Gray spoke with determination geared up for an ice spell.

His former friend scoffed; "You never could defeat me when we were children. You think that has..."

A deafening roar shook the very earth beneath their feet, while everyone covered their ears. "What the hell is that?!" Natsu yelled out

"Aye, my ears are bleeding…" Happy whined.

"Reitei-sama!" One of the robbed cultist shouted, fear filled his voice. The others slowly backed away from the ritual, disrupting the moon beam until it fizzled out of existence. "D-Deliora is escaping!"

Everyone present gasped in shock and terror, none more so than Gray. His eyes quivered while sweat run down his face. 'No, no, no! They said they the ritual was days of being complete!' He shook his head and willed to steel himself. If Deliora truly was free... then he might have to resort use Iced Shell himself...

It was his duty as Ur's student, to stop that monster.

"What?!" Lyon shouted in outrage. "I was informed it would take at least two days more!" Had they miscalculated? They had been doing this for years... A savage grin formed in his lips. "No matter... Now it's the time I've been waiting for so long, I'll kill Deliora myself!"

"Hey whelp" The Kyuubi dryly spoke inside Naruto's head. "I don't know what the hell happened, but that thing is alive again. I can feel it"

'How?!' Naruto questioned in alarm. The situation was getting out of hand.

"Beats me" the old fox replied casually. "Oh by the way, I can feel that thing's power, and I'm pretty sure you do too. So... yeah, if Ice Runt the Second tries to fight it, he'll die... This should be fun"

'Anyone ever tell you, your sense of humor is messed up,' Naruto dryly replied.

The ground erupted, which made everyone scatter as a beam of pure energy fired into the heavens. Natsu and Naruto, protectively shielded Lucy who held onto Happy as the cultist were sent flying. Taurus used his axe to keep himself from flying as he had grabbed Gray and Claire with one arm.

Soon the beam faded, replaced by a massive muscular arm that shot out from the hole. The arm came down heavily on the ground, further cracking it apart, great blue hued claws dug into the earth as another arm came, and sending tremors as it impacted the ground. A deep guttural growls was heard as the arms pulled, slowly bringing into view the visage of a great beast. Two great horns sprouting upwards from a bone-like plate on the forehead, long dark blue hair flowing like a mane to the nape of its neck, a pair of eyes which blazed like the inferno and a large maw filled with razor sharp teeth.

Everyone slowly back away as the demon brought the rest of its body to the surface, dust and rubble fell from its body as it stood up, forcing all those presence to raise their heads as the demon's height was that of at least a three story building.

"Gods..." Claire breathed out in shock.

Lucy gulped and trembled at the sight. "D-Deliora is..."

"Free..." Gray finished with anger in his voice. His whole body shook with as a mixture of various emotions clashed inside him.

Deliora took a deep breath; the demon lifted its head and roared. An echoing howl which was heard from miles and miles away. Shock waves of sound forced everyone to cover their faces as its sheer force picked up great gusts of winds and sent dust flying everywhere.

"Deliora" Lyon said with fanatical glee. "Today you meet your end!"

XxX ~ on the sea ~ XxX

A single pirate ship approached Galuna Island. While normally not even pirates would dare to go there, they had been forced by a particularly strong and terrifying woman.

Said woman, a scarlet haired beauty clad in armor, was looking at the island in the distance with as much terror as she had previously installed on the pirates.

"That power..." She whispered with wide eyes. "What is going on?" She had been sent to bring them back and reprimand them for breaking the Guild's rule... but just what the hell had her friends gotten into?

Acting on instinct, the Scarlet ran towards the bow of the ship, ignoring the pirate captain's shout of surprise as she jumped. Light engulfed her body in mid-air, discarding her usual armor and donning her flying gear. With a great bout of speed, she made haste towards the island; her friends were in dire need of help...

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

'This thing...' Yuuka mentally muttered in terror. 'Is beyond our power to stop...'

Sherry shivered in absolute terror as she hid behind the blue haired man. Toby cowered on his knees as he held onto one of Sherry's leg. 'I want to go home...'

Both Natsu and Naruto stood in front of Lucy who shook with terror along with Happy. "H... How do we stop something like that?"

Lyon clinched his fists; "I can. I will slay it and surpass Ur!" He charged before Gray could stop him.

Inside Naruto, the old fox chuckled darkly.

"Lyon don't!" The ice mage of Fairy Tail shouted after him, but it was to no avail.

Lyon smirked widely as he run towards the demon, the great beast barely paid any attention to him, seemingly content with first observing its surroundings.

"It's the end Deliora!" He shouted as he raised one hand, magical power gathering in droves, manifesting as icy mist around it, it grew so dense it began flowing in torrents all around him. "Watch me, Ur, as I prove just how better than you I am!" His cloak flapped with the sheer waves of energy created by his magic, he thrusted his hand forward in a swift motion, ice formed out of thin air to create a great beast made out of the pure element.

Its body was long and serpentine, the ice made patters in the shape of scales all over it, a large snout with long sharp fangs stood at the center, while from its head sprouted two stubbed horns. It grew in size with every second, until its overall length surpassed Deliora in size.

"Ice Make!" Lyon shouted. "DRAGON!"

The ice beast roared and charged at the demon. Deliora did not move; it did not even react as the serpentine creature began encircling him, tightening its body of frozen water against the demon's flesh. It spun around the demon until only the head remained free. The dragon moved through the air before dive-bombing directly at Deliora with a savage roar.

The moment the dragon's head collided with the demon, there was a flash of great light, and a release of frozen energies so cold they immediately began freezing all over the terrain. The Fairies and Lyon's followers gasped as they shielded their faces from the blast.

After a few seconds, it settled. And everyone was able to observe with wide eyes as Deliora was now coated in a thick layer of ice, not unlike how it had been trapped before in Iced Shell.

"Hah..." Lyon let out a laugh. "Hahahaha-HAHAHAHA!" He threw his head back as he laughed with zealous glee. "Do you see Ur?! I'm stronger than you! I defeated Deliora while you yourself couldn't! HAHAHAHA!"

"He..." Sherry muttered, tears running down her eyes. "He did it..."

Toby and Yuuka gasped, the heavy feeling of doom lifted from their shoulders.

The Fairies looked on astounded.

"He... He actually did it" Lucy whispered in awe.

"No"

She turned to Gray to find his face was still twisted with dread. Looking around she saw the rest of her friends looking at the now frozen demon with severity.

"Deliora's still alive" Naruto said grimly.

Lyon only continued laughed, overjoyed at finally having fulfilled his dream, having proved himself to be Ur's superior. At long last he could continue dreaming once more.

He did not notice how the ice around Deliora was cracking.

Dread soon returned to Sherry, Yuuka, and Toby as Lyon finally froze in shock as Deliora shattered his ice with a mighty roar. "Impossible..." The ice mage muttered in pure disbelief.

Gazing downward, Deliora only glared with annoyance at the insect that tried to freeze him. No one could move in time as the large demon lifted his arm and struck Lyon with a powerful backhand.

The silver haired ice mage was thrown away with a tremendous force. His body collided with the ground on multiple occasions, but it did little to stop his momentum, he carved a path on the ground as rock and earth had torn his clothes apart, cutting into his skin and severely pounding his flesh.

He finally collided against a large solid rock, creating a cloud of dust and dirt. As it settled it revealed a heavily bruised and bleeding Lyon, his mouth gasped in a silent scream as pain assaulted every single part of his body. His clothes were in tatters, barely clinging to his chest, blood flowed from various wounds, mixing with dirt over the dark swollen parts of his body.

"Lyon!" Gray shouted with concern as he ran towards him.

Deliora opened its maw, a sphere of magic gathered as he prepared to fire and annihilate those pests.

"Gray watch out!" Lucy called to him as they saw Deliora aiming at them.

The ice mage turned sharply, letting out a startled; "What?!"

The great demon thrusted his head forward to fire his attack, when suddenly a full powered Rasengan hit his cheek. Naruto slammed the attack with all his strength into the demon's face, allowing the blonde to partially move his face and mess up with his aim.

The attack still fired, missing the ice mages by a few dozen feet. It traveled all over the terrain and even left the boundaries of the island, going over the sea. A miles long red line was left on the scorched ground, when it suddenly erupted hundreds of feet in the air in the form a violent inferno.

Starlight arrows tore into Deliora's flesh as Claire also tried to stop the monstrous demon. The great demon growled as he tried to swat away Naruto, who was thankfully limber enough to leap away undamaged.

"Fire Dragon!" Breathed in as much air as he could. "ROAR!" The dragon slayer unleashed as gigantic stream of fire at the demon.

"Keep him busy!" Naruto yelled as he went through least a dozen hand seals.

Several clones burst into existence in clouds of smoke, they immediately split up, half of them running around the demon and taking position at different points around the beast, where like the original they began doing several hand signs as well. Were the other half began attacking the demon from all sides.

Natsu's roar collided with the demon's head. The resulting explosion of creating a dense smoke cloud around its face. An earth-shaking roar quickly dissipated the smoke, showing Deliora's rage filled visage.

It gathered energy on its maw once more, seeking to incinerate the pests. When suddenly a starlight arrow hit him square in the eye and exploded with blue light. The energy fizzled and collapsed upon itself as Deliora placed a claw atop his eye while he roared in pain.

A couple of Naruto's clones climbed above the demon's back, and jumped over its face now that it was distracted, each of them creating a Rasengan. Their faces twisted in shock when Deliora quickly recovered, his eye seemingly okay. The demon, with tremendous speed and force, squashed the two clones together with his claws like one would a fly.

XxX ~ Not far from the battle ~ XxX

"Magnificent" Ultear chuckled with amusement as she observed the ongoing conflict. Hidden atop the temple's ruins not far from there. "Deliora is just as I expected him to be" She said as softly ran her fingers over the gem in her grasp. "I should just return to Master Hades and inform him about this precious finding" Ultear muttered to herself as she observed the shining crystal, its light was ever so enticing. "But... I want to keep on to it for a bit longer" She added as she licked her lips, the crystal's energy was just so intoxicating... "Besides, I want to see as Deliora crushes them"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

'...Don't know how long this will hold that son of bitch... But at least it'll give us some time to catch our breath and figure out a plan,' Naruto thought to himself.

"The fact your brain can actually process that high compared to the idiot you once were," the Kyuubi scoffed.

'NOT HELPING!'

The four clones around Deliora finished their hand seals along with Naruto as they slam their hands to the ground. Shining kanji shined around their palms in a circle, the lettering extended towards the other focal points of the sealing matrix, creating a circle of kanji. The lines of kanji shot towards the demon, meeting in a single point right underneath him. The lettering shone with more intensity.

Deliora roared as the letters of the seal began to climb over his body, feeling as though the symbols themselves were pulling like chains, binding him in place. He struggled, his body shook as the invisible chains created by the seal pulled him harder.

Fūin!

Finally the demon fell to its knees as the kanji words wrapped around his body, and pointed its head up to sky. Deliora only roared in defiance as Naruto glared; "Yeah well fuck you too!" The blond looked over to the others; "We regroup for now!" he ordered.

Gray grunted as he adjusted Lyon's immobile figure over his back and ran back towards his friends. He took notice of the trio of Lyon's followers now able to move once more, Naruto apparently having lifted the seal from them, they approached their fallen leader worriedly

Yuuka looked at him with concern. "Is he-?"

"He's alive" Gray answered. "Badly wounded, but alive"

"Come on!" Claire waved a hand at them. "We have to regroup at the village!"

"To hell with that!" Natsu shouted. "I wanna fight this thing-URK!" He grunted when Naruto swiftly decked him on the back of his head and proceeded to carry him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"We don't have time for that!" The blond exclaimed.

Gray gave the struggling demon a fierce look; he could take action right here and now and cast Iced Shell... But Lyon was gravely wounded, and despite everything he had done, Lyon was still a fellow student. He need to make sure he'd be alright.

The ice mage of Fairy Tail let frustrated snarl. "Damn it... You three!" He shouted at the trio of Lyon's companions. "You can either stay here with that thing or you come with us, but don't try anything!"

Sherry nodded rapidly while Toby saluted like a soldier; "You're the boss, boss!" Yuuka sighed but said nothing as they followed the Fairy Tail crew. Running beside Naruto, after she dispelled Taurus, Lucy looked to her fellow blond; "What did you do?"

"A demon binding seal. Something my clan created," Naruto looked back. "Not sure how long it will hold, but at least we can put our heads together for round 2."

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

Nearing village, the villagers lifted the gate; "What happened? We heard a roar, and that light..!"

Lucy tried to explain the situation as calm as possible. "There's a big demon on the loose!" She screeched.

"A demon?!"

"Oh no!"

The people quickly panicked as they loudly discussed what they should do. Many of them broke down into hysterics.

"As if the curse wasn't bad enough, now a real demon is going to kill us all!"

Claire gave the Celestial Mage a dry look. "Way to go Luce..."

"Sorry, I panicked!" The blonde quickly apologies.

"Though I have to admit" The elf whispered. "Them worrying about demons is a bit funny"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Okay people calm down!" He shouted as loudly as he could. Succeeding in at least calming a good majority of them "It's bound for now; we promise we'll take care of it!"

Elder Mocha approached them fearfully. "Y-You are?"

"Yes, just leave it to us" He smiled at them, trying to project confidence, these people needed it.

"I have a wounded man with me" Gray quickly says, approaching the people. "He needs help"

"O-Oh yes" Mocha nodded, a bead of sweat rolling down his head. "Just let out healers take care of him"

Carefully, the dark haired ice mage handed them the wounded and unconscious form of his fellow student. He watched as they disappeared inside one of the houses where he would most likely be treated.

He couldn't believe this was really happening. Deliora free, Lyon having been responsible for and now nearly died as a result. He knew Deliora's binding was only temporary, and if they did not stop him, then the village would be next on his long list of rampages... He clenched his fist with anger and determination, swearing to himself he would put an end to this before Deliora could hurt any more innocent people.

"Hey" The voice of the Dragon Slayers snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned to see Natsu looking at him with his arms crossed and a serious look on his eyes. "You okay?" Gray understood the Dragon Slayer was worried for him. If the roles were reversed he'd be worried for Natsu as well. But the two of them were too stubborn and proud to openly admit it.

Ugh, the thought of him and Natsu sharing something in common...

"I'll be fine" He lied.

Natsu grunted.

"Oh by the way" Elder Mocha addressed them. "A newcomer arrived recently. She's from your guild"

"From the guild?" Happy tilts his head in confusion.

From amidst the crowd of people stepped forth a figure they recognized immediately, wearing a set of armor over shirtless blouse and a skirt, her scarlet red hair and imposing presence stood out greatly from among the shapeshifting demons.

"Erza?" Naruto voiced in confusion. He quickly smiled alongside the others, happy to see their friend here in this difficult time.

"Erza!" They ran towards her, their joy at seeing her preventing them from noticing the dark glare in her eyes.

Next thing they knew, they were all on the ground with big bumps on their heads and stars circling right before their eyes.

"What in blazes were you all thinking?!" The Scarlet's enraged voice caused many of the islanders to back away. "Breaking the Guild's rules like that! And you!" She lifted still stunned Naruto by the collar of his shirt, he groaned as the world was still spinning. "You were sent to get them back and you ended up going along with their ridiculous schemes!"

"S-Sorry Erza..." He muttered. "B-But these people needed help..."

"I don't care!" She leaned closer and whispered dangerously. "Just what is going here?"

"Deliora," Erza looked over to a blue haired man who looked at her grimly. "The demon Deliora of Zeref. It was revived and went on a rampaged nearly killed our leader. I am Yuuka, this is Sherry and that's Toby." The dog man barks.

Claire sat on the ground as she shook her head; "The three stooges here and their boss thought it be a brilliant idea to wake him up."

"...Alright then" She let's go of Naruto, who falls to the ground with an 'Uff!' And proceeds to walk towards the trio while cracking her knuckles. "Now I know who to punish too"

The trio trembled and gulped before the terrifying presence of the red haired woman.

"Yeah, kick their asses!" Claire cheered before leaning close to Lucy and whispering. "She so hot when she's angry..."

"And don't you morons think are safe from me yet!" Erza shouted at the Fairies.

"Ohhhh honey, I can't wait for tasting your brand of 'discipline'" The elf replied huskily.

Erza, too weirded out by the comment, stopped in her tracks. "...I think you learnt your lesson Claire, no need to punish you"

The elf only whined as Naruto got back up; "So yeah, we need to come up with a plan and stop Deliora."

Lucy nodded while holding Happy in her arms; "We have to protect the people of the village." An 'Aye sir' came from the blue feline.

"We are heading home." Erza said darkly. Stunning the villagers and her friends. "You violated our guild's rules. You must face the master be punished for your actions."

"What?" Naruto said slowly as he walked over looking his friend in the eyes.

"I came to bring you back and nothing else"

"Erza you can't be serious!" The jinchuuriki could not believe what he was hearing, in all the time he's known Erza... "Look at this people!" He waved a hand at the islanders. "They need our help, Deliora is loose!"

"This is precisely why we must go home!" She finally snapped at the blonde. "Deliora is a monster on a completely different level the Lullaby! You face this creature, you might die!"

"Oh, so we weren't in danger when facing a demon that can kill people with a song?" Natsu snorted sarcastically.

"We can't just leave the people to fend for themselves" Lucy added, stunned at the knight's cold disregard for the islanders.

"Erza they WILL die if we don't do anything" Naruto seethed through clenched teeth.

"Don't ask me to put the lives of others before the lives of the people of our Guild" Erza responded in kind. "Because you know I will ALWAYS choose the Guild"

They continue to stare off, the intensity between them felt nearly overwhelming for the people around them. Many of the villagers were already succumbing to fear, believing there was no hope in sight if the only people that ever decided to help them would just leave. Mocha was already crying in despair, mourning for his people as they would all share his son's fate.

"I'm not going anywhere" Everyone looked at Gray in surprise. His gaze was resolute and his voice strong. "I'm staying here, and I'm going to fight Deliora"

"Gray..." The Titania grunted.

"We too!" Natsu slammed his flaming fists together. "Ain't that right happy?!"

"Aye sir!"

"M-Me too" Lucy tried to show courage before the strongest woman of the Guild, and it would have worked better if not for the fact that her knees shook like crazy. "I'm staying too"

Claire ran a hand through her raven locks; green eyes shining with mirth a she flashed an apologetic smile at the red haired woman. "Sorry Erza, got my reasons to help too"

Naruto crossed his arms and smirked at the Scarlet. "You wanna go back, go ahead, we ain't stopping you. But we're gonna stay here and beat Deliora"

Sherry, Toby and Yuuka could only stare in shock at the sheer resolution of the Fairies. Lyon had been bested like he was nothing; they had all witnessed Deliora's great power. Not even they, who have lost family and friends to Deliora, could muster the courage to do the same, not after what they witnessed. Yet these people were so willing to face the demon and stop it...

The villagers looked at the people from Fairy Tail with tear-filled eyes which shone with gratitude. They felt hope fill their hearts once more, making them believe that perhaps there was a better tomorrow for their village.

Erza gave each of her guild mates a look, before grunting in resignation. "Fine... If you're so intent on doing something stupid then I better stay too to make sure you don't get yourselves killed"

Naruto smiled brightly at her. "I knew you'd come around"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

The Fairies entered the house they had been granted before to rest and organize themselves. Deliora's binding wouldn't last forever, but they couldn't barge in without a plan.

Claire had her own two cents to throw. "As we might die when facing the demon, I propose we make most of the time we have left"

Their eyes widened like plates she began to remove her clothing. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

"They are called orgies, good for relaxing!"

Gray went red and looked away. "I'LL RELAX WHEN DELIORA IS DEAD!" Naruto blushed storm as some blood dripped from his nose seeing how Claire already had her corset off. Of course she never wore a bra... The blond's ogling stopped by a slap courtesy from Lucy.

"Thank you" He muttered as he rubbed his sore cheek.

"You're welcome"

"And you" Erza said sternly. "Enough with the foolishness"

"Fine, fine, geez. Blame the elf for trying to lighten the mood with a bit of humor" Nobody choose to mention she had a gone a tad too far for her 'humor'. "Honestly, you people could use the advice from an elf, it never fails you"

"From what I heard about the elves" Lucy states dryly. "You are the complete opposite of how they usually act"

"Okay, you got me there"

Gray shook off the blush while Claire put her corset back on; "Can we focus on what we need to do? Naruto's seal won't hold Deliora forever, and we need to stop it before it hurts anyone."

'How many tails would I need to stop that thing,' Naruto asked the Kyuubi.

The old fox snorted "Three... That is if you're actually willing to tell your 'friends' about me."

'With the circumstances, I'm actually willing' He wasn't going to put innocent people at risk just because of his own personal issues.

"Well it wouldn't be of much use to you anyway" The fox replied. "Cause I ain't helping you"

'...What?'

"I'm curious to see how you handle something like this without my help for once"

The blond Uzumaki was about to yell at the Bijuu king. But chose to think for moment. 'Alright... You're on furball.' He focused back to his friends as they were speaking.

"A combined effort sounds like the only way," Lucy gazed worriedly at her friends.

The elf of group gave a hapless shrug; "It'd have to be one hell of an attack."

The Celestial mage lowers her gaze as if ashamed. "I'm... afraid I won't be of much help. I don't really know any strong spells, and my spirits aren't strong enough to be of much use for this..." Deliora was far stronger than anything they have faced so far. She knew she would only get in the way.

"True" Claire states. "It'd be too risky for you"

A dark cloud of depression looms over Lucy's head.

"Nice going Claire" Naruto reprimands her.

"Oh don't tell me you think Lucy should be there in the front lines?"

Naruto did not answer.

"But that is not to say you can't help Lucy" The elf stressed in a rare moment of seriousness, her eyes were narrowed and held a calculating look. It was so out of character for her it actually freaked the fairies out for a moment. "There is something WE can do"

Lucy was slightly taken aback by the elf's level of seriousness as she meekly said; "Okay..."

XxX ~ thirty minutes later ~ XxX

Naruto, Erza, Claire, and Lucy left the house, ready for the fight; "Are we all clear on what to do?" Erza spoke.

"Yep, we got it," Both blonds nodded.

"We have to be as relentless as we can on Deliora, otherwise it won't work," the elf among them still freaked them out in how serious she was actually acting.

On Naruto's shoulder, Happy looked around; "Where are Natsu and Gray?"

The answer came from seeing the ice mage busting through the wall of the house and into another one. "YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU DO SOMETHING THAT STUPID!" Natsu's enraged voice echoed the whole village.

The four let out a collective groan and face palmed. "You know, they're antics are fun to watch..." Claire muttered. "But it gets old after a while"

"You have no idea" Erza deadpanned.

"We better make sure they don't kill each other" Naruto couldn't intone those words with less enthusiasm even if he tried. "Again"

The quickly went back inside the house to found Gray wiping the blood from running from the corner of his lips as he walked back in. He snarled at the Dragon Slayer who snarled back. "Out of my way Natsu, this is something I have to do!"

"Yeah killing yourself Iced Shell is just SO necessary" Natsu said dryly.

"What?!" The rest of the Fairies shouted in surprise, all except Erza who kept a serious frown.

"Iced Shell..." The Scarlet repeated with severity. "I've heard about that technique. Gray, you..."

"What the hell are you thinking man?!" Naruto shouted, quickly losing his composure. "You yourself said it, using that technique will-!"

"I know!" The ice mage shouted, his voice echoing over the village. His breathing became ragged, his features adopting a determined yet resigned look. "I know..." He whispered this time. "But I have to do it. It's the only way-"

"The hell it is!" Natsu screamed in anger. The dragon slayer grabbed the collar of Gray's shirt; "You don't cop out of this. All of us together will bring that bastard down."

"The only way to stop Deliora is with Ice shell, there is no choice. As Ur's Student I have to do this!" Gray yelled back.

A deep frown crossed Claire's features as her bang hid her eyes; "Ur wanted you to live, not kill yourself." Slowly lifting her head her green eyes showed nothing but cold fury. "Ur gave her life for yours, meaning you live your life for her. Only a coward runs away from that responsibility."

"I am not running away!" The ice mage glared. "I choose to lay down my life so Deliora doesn't harm anymore people. How is that running away?!" He shook himself away from Natsu grip. "Deliora destroyed my home, killed my parents, and brought dead and destruction to countless others!" His teeth clenched and his hands tightened into him, old rage and pain surging through. "If I have to die so that monster doesn't bring more pain, then so be it!"

"And what about us?!" It was Erza who shouted.

Gray gasped and looked at her in shock.

"Don't you care about the pain your death will bring us?!"

Lucy could not even stop her tears as her body shook; "Does any of us from guild mean anything to you?"

"...I am not seeing anyone else I care about getting buried." Naruto said with finality.

Gray look at them stunned, a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. He could see in each of their faces fear mixed with pain and sadness. He gasped softly as the mere sight of it. He knew those feelings all too well, the same feelings that had plagued him for so long.

He had been lost, years ago, in his own misery he hadn't known how to move on. He just kept looking for a way to save Ur, to make things right, but when he did not found he nearly drowned in his own pain. The past was lost, and there seemed to be no future for him.

Until a kind old man invited him to his Guild, and all sorts of maniacs and annoying people welcomed him as family.

He had truly been able to live up the life Ur wanted for him with Fairy Tail. He had become happy once more thanks to them… He didn't think his death would hurt them so much…

Slowly, Gray sighed as he ran a hand through his hair; "Alright... No Iced Shell... We stop Deliora together."

Naruto beamed at him and slapped him on the back. "Damn right we are!" His friends smiled at the ice mage as well as offered words of encouragement.

"Yeah!" Natsu slammed a fist on his palm. "We're gonna kick some demon butt and then we're going to blow up the moon!"

"Did you forget that's NOT the reason problem with the island?!" Lucy screeched at the Dragon Slayer.

"You've... You've got to be kidding me..." A strained voice said.

The Fairies turned in surprise to see Lyon, his torso nearly completely covered in bandages, walking with great difficulty. He was supported by his companions who looked at him with concern.

"Lyon, what are you doing?" Gray said; his voice laced with concern. "You should be resting"

"Deliora... is too powerful. He would kill all of you in an instant." They heard the despair in his voice.

"You never know till you try," Naruto shrugged. "And besides, unlike last time. Gray has us backing him. I like our chances dattebayo."

His words seemed to enrage the silver haired mage. "Ur couldn't defeat him!" He shouted, ignoring the stinging pain surging from the sides of his body that came from his loud words. "She-She was the strongest person we knew! She was amazing!" His began to swell up with tears. "And yet she... I spent so long trying to surpass her" He sobbed, openly weeping now. "For so many years that was my only dream. But I couldn't defeat Deliora!" He squeezed his eyes shut, tears running down his eyes in torrents. "I was a damned idiot thinking there could ever be anyone greater than" Lyon sent a piercing glare at the Fairies. "If she couldn't beat Deliora, what makes you think someone like you will, Gray!"

The ice mage's eyes were shadowed by the bangs of his dark hair; he remained silent for a moment. When he finally lifted his head, it was to show Lyon the determination on his eyes.

"I don't give a damn about that"

Lyon gasped softly.

"Stronger than Ur, weaker then Ur. I don't care" Gray stated sternly. "I ain't doing this to prove anything" He walks towards the silver haired ice mage until they are standing face to face. Lyon's stupefied eyes looking straight into Gray's steely gaze. "What I care about is stopping Deliora before he harms anything else. I'll honor our master's will by finally ending this monster" He smiles softly as he casts a look at his guild mates. "Unlike Ur, I won't be alone in this"

The silver haired ice mage could only stare in shock at his former fellow student. He didn't know where he got this sheer willpower to carry forward in the face of such overwhelming odds.

"Ur didn't want you living like this Lyon. She wanted something better for us, that we could find our own paths and live plenty and happy lives" He turned and walked back to his guild mates. "You already got people willing to stay at your side, that's a step in the right direction"

He stopped look at the purple moon for a moment. Gray took a deep breath and continued walking. "Come on guys, let's end this"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

Running back up the path, the Fairy crew got ready for the showdown against another demon of Zeref. Gray turned his eyes to Naruto; "That senjutsu thing will come in handy."

"Already have that covered," the blond lifts the sleeve of his left arm showing the seal; "Have enough nature chakra to use it."

They heard an earth trembling roar, and see the demon struggling still against the bindings of kanji. The shining seals shimmered and some even began to break like glass.

"He's bursting through the seal" Naruto announced in alarm.

"Remember" Erza said in a strong commanding voice as she summoned her Heaven's Wheel armor. "We need to buy Claire and Lucy enough time!"

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

Not far from there, the two Fairy girls stood upon a hilltop, they had a good view of the terrain where their friends stood, and they saw the demon breaking loose, power flowing around it like a black poisonous miasma.

"Okay, let's do this Lucy" The elf said.

"I-I've never done this before" The Celestial Mage said hesitantly. If they messed up then their friends would die.

"I know it's your first time. Don't worry, just look at me and all will be okay, I promise I'll be gentle"

Lucy gave dry glare at the elf who sweatdrops; "Should have said that differently?"

"Yes you perv."

Claire just rolled her eyes; "We need physical contact to help concentrate our magic to combine as one and create a Unison Raid."

The glare intensified.

"Hey I swear this is necessary!" She held up her left arm to the side. "Hold my hand"

"Fine..." Lucy sighed. She did so, and by their posture they sort of looked they were about to waltz.

"Now we get closer" The taller woman suddenly grabbed Lucy's head and placed her on her chest.

The blonde's eye twitched dangerously. "I'm starting to question the veracity of this method..."

"Hey, who's the nearly five hundred year old elf here?"

Lucy grumbled.

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

With another monstrous roar, Deliora shattered the seal as it rose to its feet. "Fire dragon roar!" Dragon fire slammed into its chest which made the mighty demon stumble backwards. "Let's go!" Natsu roared.

They wasted no time, against this opponent they had to go all out. Erza dashed forward with great speed and mobility provided by her Heaven's Wheel armor as her feet lightly hovered above the ground. She equipped two long swords and chanted. "Blumenblatt!" Over fifty swords materialized with shimmering light all around her, they followed her wherever she moved.

Erza spun and slashed at the demon's talons, passing right beneath its legs, her attacks left only the barest of wounds. The swords launched at great speed at the general area where she stroke, many of the blades bounced off its thick hide, while a few managed to pierce and bury themselves in the flesh.

A pained roar ripped from Deliora as he only glared at the human with rage.

Ōdama Rasengan!

With Senjutsu now active, Naruto also applied the pressure as he struck the giant version of his Rasengan into Deliora's already wounded knee.

Deliora roared, light shone in huge bursts and wind picked up in strength, originating from Naruto's attack. The demon's leg buckled and fell to one knee. Naruto was forced to jump back when a giant claw swiped at him, tearing pieces of ground on its path.

Naruto skidded along the ground, forcing himself to a stop with his hand on earth. He looked up and his eyes widened when he saw a sphere of dark magic forming on the demon's hand, aimed directly at him.

The sage ducked as the sphere flew right over him; its blast obliterated a hill, causing the earth to tremble.

'Holy shit...' Naruto looked wide eyed at the destruction. The Kyuubi remained silent as he simply watched his container quietly with hardened eyes.

"Naruto move!" Erza's scream woke him from his shock to barely dodge the demon's massive claws he knew even Senjutsu could hurt him bad.

"Ice Make!" Gray chanted, forming a pristine and masterfully crafted bow made completely out of ice. He notched an arrow of pure shining blue magic and aimed. "Destruction Bow!" He let loose the shot, the speed was such it created a burst of air on its wake.

The projectile traveled directly at the demon's claw which was still on the ground. It impacted with a burst of light, spraying shards of frost and ice everywhere. When it settled, the demon's hand was shown to be encased in a great block of ice.

"Now Erza!" The ice mage prompted urgently.

The Titania flew directly towards the frozen limb before the demon could shatter the ice. She lifted her hands over her head and conjured a weapon. Out of the shimmer of a light formed a great sword. But to call it such was like calling a kitchen knife a sword. Its size was absolutely gigantic, easily being four times larger than Erza herself. Dark metal with intricate carvings at the tip, its handle was so great the Scarlet had to while it with the entirety of her arms.

"Seeeeei!" The Titania let out a valiant war cry as she slammed the blade down; its cutting power combined with its sheer weight was enough to completely cut through the demon's hide, severing muscles, tendons and bone, severing the frozen hand from the waist.

Deliora roared in agony as he trashed about, dark blood flowed in torrents from the wound.

Erza let out a sigh as she dismissed the blade. "Nice!" Naruto smirked triumphantly at her. "He's tough as hell, but at least we can harm-!"

Suddenly, the flowing blood gathered and took shape, resembling the lost claw. Muscle tissue began forming as the blood coalesced, bones reforming underneath, soon followed by hide. In but the span of a few seconds the limb had regrown completely.

"...Oh you have to be fucking kidding me"

Even Erza was stunned, and did not hear her comrades as the demon struck her with its newly regenerated fist. Blood and air escaped the scarlet knight's lips as she was sent flying hard into a boulder. Parts of her armor was broken, the force of the hit left her in a crater.

"Erza!" Naruto shouted in fright.

A dark scowl formed on the Dragon Slayer's brow "You bastard!" Natsu bellowed from the fair, Happy flew him over far above the demon's head. "It's Erza who beats people, not the other way around!" He tightened his until a few bones popped, the muscles on his arms tensed as veins bulged. His fist shrouded in blames so hot they could melt metal. "Drop me Happy!"

"Aye sir!" The flying cat sky dived and let go of Natsu, the velocity adding to the strength of the pink haired boy's attack.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" The Dragon Slayer shouted as he slammed his fist directly atop Deliora's head. Waves of fire surged like a flowing inferno, as the demon grunted, his jaw snapped shut by the sudden force. "Haah!" Natsu applied even more force to his punch, making the fire erupt like a volcano. The demon slowly bent over from the weight of the attack.

Suddenly, a claw reached up, and faster than what Natsu could react, snatched him from atop the demon's head. Natsu struggled as he was brought before the demon's face.

Deliora squeezed.

His eyes widening and Natsu gasped in agony, letting blood curling cry of pain.

XxX ~ xx ~ XxX

"Natsu!" Lucy cried in terror at the sight of her friend in such pain.

"Lucy we need to focus!" Claire pleaded to the Celestial Mage. "We have to keep charging the spell!"

The Celestial mage grimaced, feeling hopeless while her friends were fighting and getting hurt. But she quickly reminded herself what she was doing was necessary if they wanted to defeat that monster.

In their joined hands they now held a blue bow of light, not unlike those Claire conjured out of starlight. But while those held a rather simplistic design, this bow was a huge thing of outstanding design, taking on a nearly solid state; intricate markings could be seen around the shaft and the edges of the weapon. They were drawing a shining arrow of pure celestial energy.

Spots of light danced around them, taking on patters resembling constellations, a sea of starlight which revolved like a galaxy.

This Unison Raid was a technique designed to gather the pure sacred power of the stars and unleash a technique of such holy element that it could destroy most evil beings, including demons, as the elf had told her. Claire said Lucy's help was integral, as a Celestial Mage, she was able to draw the power from the stars and the cosmos, mixing in with Claire's own innate elf abilities to draw upon the same kind of energies for her magic. The result would be a powerful spell that would herald Deliora's destruction.

They just needed to keep charging the technique until it was ready. And pray the others could hold on...

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Deliora only gave a savage smile as Natsu let out another scream of agony as he squeezed tighter. The demon was about to laugh till a massive sledge hammer of ice hit him directly in the chest. The force was enough to rock Deliora back and drop Natsu who fell on the ground like a heap.

"If you die on me now you son of bitch, I will drag your sorry ass out of hell and kick it myself!" Gray bellowed besides the fallen Dragon Slayer who only gave the ice mage the finger.

Deliora hold his ground, regaining his balance. He was about to charge but stopped, realizing he couldn't move. He gazed back to his tail seeing the blond flea that had sealed him holding his tail with his bare hands. The demon's eyes actually widened as Naruto roared, lifting the demon into the air and slamming him hard into the ground which formed a crater.

"That was for Erza!" Naruto ran up the fallen demon's chest forming a Ōdama rasengan; "And this is Natsu!"

Deliora quickly raised his head firing a beam of energy that slammed into Naruto's jutsu.

The beam splintered into many directions as trails of energy washed over the great sphere in a great spectacle of light that illuminated the night sky. Naruto grit his teeth and planted his feet on the demon's body firmly. The pressure behind the demon's attack was such that was slowly being pushed back. He took a step forward, albeit with great difficulty, it was like trying to push an unrelenting tide from the sea.

He kept pushing forward.

He tried to hold on as long as he could, one step after another, but the demon would not relent either. Naruto could feel his Rasengan weakening. Seeing no choice, he summoned a clone with a single handsign, the momentary action distracting him enough that he was pushed a few feet away.

The clone, having been summoned behind him, jumped away to a safe distance. When he was far enough, Naruto performed a substitution. He and the clone swapped place, just when his Rasengan was about to collapse. Deliora's blast obliterated the clone and carried on its path, scorching the earth and leaving the boundaries of the island, cleaving a path through the ocean's waves.

Naruto panted as he saw the demon rise up once more. "Damn this guy is really tough..."

"Hehehe" The fox chuckled. "It's not so easy when you don't have me to solve all your problems, now is it?"

Naruto spat on the ground, making his feelings on his words clear. 'Don't underestimate Fairy Tail'

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Ultear laughed from her spot atop the temple, watching Deliora tear through them was such an entertaining sight. Though she wondered where the elf and the blonde bimbo could be, she couldn't see them anywhere.

"No matter" She said, holding unto the crystal tightly. "Soon Deliora will kill them all. Such a shame and here I was hoping to capture you and give to Master Hades, Naruto-kun" She sighed. "Oh well, he'll have to settle for your corpse" She smiled cruelly. "Keep fighting all you want, you'll soon see it's all..."

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"Useless" Lyon grunted. He and his companions were standing at the edge of the forest, watching the battle from a safe distance. Gray swore they would kill Deliora, but so far the demon was tearing through them like they were nothing. "Why can't they see it's useless?"

"Lyon..." Sherry spoke softly.

"D-Damn it!" He cried. "I did this, I released Deliora, and for what?" Tears spilled from his eyes. "To send all these people to their graves!" He hanged his head in shame. "Forgive me; Ur... your student was a weak minded fool..."

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"Almost there Lucy" The elf assured her companion. "Almost there..."

"Hang on guys. Please..."

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He had seen plenty of battles such as this, in eras long by. A monster spreading chaos and pain, and the heart of brave heroes standing up against it.

The white fox with golden tribal markings sat atop a hill, observing the events that have unfolded. He had followed them across the sea, once more guided by his instincts. He could feel his path tied to these people, even their proper meeting was yet to bear in the near future.

This demon was a formidable opponent for these youngsters, yet they refused to give up. Admirable. They reminded him of many great heroes he had met in his long life.

Casting a glance to another hill, he saw the elf and the human readying their spell. A technique which gathered the holy essence of the stars. Yes, such sacred power would no doubt help them defeat this creature.

So for now, the fox merely observed. If he did not believe in these brave warriors would succeed, he would have already stepped in and dealt with the beast. But he needed to see, to witness their hearts and their will till the end.

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Gray panted, Natsu had an arm around his shoulder as the former helped him up. Slowly, Erza walked towards them, her frame beaten and bloodied, the wings of her armor and other parts had been broken. Naruto stood by their side once more.

Deliora looked at them with a tilt of its head; a dark chuckle came from its throat.

"Bastard..." Natsu grunted as he stood up on his own. "We ain't gonna let him leave this island"

"Well who laughs last laughs best I say" Naruto said, rolling his neck.

The Scarlet brandished a new sword "We won't let this monster beat us this day"

Gray took a step forward, a fearless look in his eyes. He stood before the monster that had haunted his nightmares and felt nothing but determination, an unstoppable will to stop the creature so it would never hurt anyone ever again.

"You may be strong, Deliora" He said. "But you've NOTHING on Fairy Tail!"

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The arrow in their bows shimmered like a newborn star.

"It's ready!" Claire announced.

"Guys!" Lucy shouted as loudly as her vocal cords could allow. "We're ready! So hit that monster..." She took a deep breath. "WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!"

Erza roared as her body was illuminated; black spiked armor soon covered her body as she now held a massive black spike mace and charged. Naruto quickly made a fire jutsu that Natsu happily devoured, restoring his strength.

Gray charged with ice building around his hands.

Deliora roared and ran towards them, it was time to squash them as the fleas they were.

"Ice Make" Gray chanted before slamming his hands on the ground. "Floor!"

The ground was frozen solid, and Deliora's talon nearly slipped, he skidded across the ice as he tried to regain some semblance of balance.

"Yaaah!" The Scarlet bellowed as she swung her mace while she skated over the ice with ease, hitting the demon's right leg, causing him to stumble and fall.

The demon fell to the ground on all fours, raising his head he saw the other two humans charging their attacks. Naruto held a great sphere of wind with four shuriken-like blades spinning around it. Natsu took a deep breath as gusts of flames escaped his lips. The demon tried to quickly form one of his energy blasts to counter them, but the humans proved themselves faster.

Futon: Rasenshuriken!

Fire Dragon's Roar!

The two attacks were launched at the same time; the wind pulled the flames towards it, shrouding itself with the fire. The fire in turn was fed by the wind, growing stronger, hotter, and more powerful by leaps and bounds. The attack became a single spiraling red star of scorching heat.

The technique hit Deliora head on, dispersing the energy gathering on its maw and engulfing the demon in a blast of turbulent flames that instantly melted the ice on the ground, shook the earth, and sent gusts of wind and ruble flying everywhere. Everyone watching looked on in awe at the sheer force of destruction the attack had unleashed.

Yet as the smoke cleared, they saw Deliora still remained, its body horribly burnt and cut, but quickly healing. His body trembled, not with pain, but rage. Pure anger at those mere insects for having wounded him like this.

He let out a roar which carried immense hatred. The time for games was over, he would crush these vermin.

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"Now Lucy!" Claire commanded.

"Yes!"

They held the bow tightly and pulled the arrow with all their combined strength. The spinning patterns of constellations and galaxies moved with even greater intensity, blue waves of magical energy flowed around them in great torrents.

"Ilustris Universalis!" They chanted as once, and let the loose the arrow.

It flew at tremendous speeds, the sheer force sending shock waves and blasts of wind all around them, traversing at speeds phenomenal speeds towards its target.

Everyone present watched in awe as a comet descended upon Deliora.

For a moment, day had dawned early upon Galuna Island in the form of a great blast of blue light which extended towards the heavens.

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Ultear stared in shock at the sight. "N-Not possible!" That spell, that sheer holy power..!

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Lyon and his companions gasped. "W-What was that?" Yuuka muttered.

"THE HELL DID THEY DO?!" Toby shouted.

The ice mage remained stupefied, he could only watch as Deliora was consumed by the light

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The ground around them shattered as the fairies were sent airborne by the shock wave from the attack alone. Deliora was engulfed in starlight and holy magic.

"Sorry!" Lucy exclaimed. Yikes, that was the most powerful spell she had ever done...

The team groaned as they tried to stand up. "Well that was fun..." Naruto muttered as he sat down cross legged.

"That was fricking awesome!" Natsu cheered with a big smile on his face. Ahhh, big explosions were one of life's greatest beauties and the solution to many problems.

"Aye!" Happy agreed as he floated next to him.

Erza sighed tiredly as she approached them; she saw Gray standing before the smoking crater. "You think that got him?"

The smoke slowly ceased, allowing them to see a pair of horns first, and then a claw, a talon, soon the entirety of Deliora's kneeling and broken body could be seen. His once blue hide was now gray, cracked in various places like broken stone. The sheer holy energies of the spell had ravaged his body completely, searing the demonic flesh and reducing it to granite like state.

"Not so tough now, huh asshole!" Claire shouted over the distance. Lucy collapsed on her knees in relief.

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"They..." Sherry teared up. "They did it..."

"THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!" Toby jumped around with utmost cheer.

Lyon stared in astonishment. All this time, all these years he dreamt with the moment he would surpass Ur by destroying Deliora. He had been so easily defeated, and would have died if not for the Fairies' help... Gray, who he had blamed for Ur's death, who he believed to be inferior to him, Gray who did not care for surpassing Ur... had destroyed Deliora with the help of his friends.

'Gray... I think I understand now, what Ur wanted for us...' Tears rolled down his cheeks. 'You truly were able to achieve... more than I ever did'

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Gray looked over Deliora's body. He should feel happy; he had avenged his parents, Ur, all the people this monster had killed in ruthless cold blood. So why... why did it feel-?

Deliora's body shook.

The ice mage gasped.

The demon let out an earth shaking roar.

"Oh come on!" Natsu shouted, the other stared in shock and horror as the demon rose, pieces of its body began falling apart. "What's it gonna take to kill this guy?!"

Deliora stood from the crater, rage and hate fueling his body. These... these mortals had done what the impossible and managed to wound him beyond his ability to heal and withstand damage. He, who had spread darkness and destruction through many lands, crushing all those feeble humans around him.

And now... now these mongrels had managed to defeat him.

He was Deliora, one of the greater demons of Zeref! He'd never let mongrels like these defeat him!

He charged on last blast of pure raw magic on his maw.

"Shit!" Naruto cursed as they braced for the attack.

Suddenly, to their astonishment, Gray jumped magic power gathering on his hand. Everything seemed to slow down.

On his hands, blue magic took the form of a spear. It solidified into pure ice. The weapon was longer than Gray, magnificent in design, molded after the great legend of a warrior-god whose spear could reach the ends of existence and always hit its target.

"Ice Make" Gray shouted, in his hand he held the spirit of his family, his teacher; he carried their will and their hopes in this one last attack. "GUNGNIR!"

He threw the spear directly at the demon's face. Upon coming close to his wrathful visage, he immediately began to freeze; the temperatures of the spell were able to quickly overwhelm his weakened body.

The spear pierced through his head, his body immediately froze and crumbled apart. Nothing of Deliora remained but broken shards of ice.

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Ultear only looked on in utter shock. They had beaten Deliora. Slowly her teeth gashed as she gripped the gem tightly in her hand. "This is not over," she growled as she vanished into a magic circle.

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On the cliff, the white fox eyed the mortal who held the gem; 'Foolish girl...' Sighing he looked back to the young heroes who just showed their true heart, valor, and will to beat overwhelming odds. Passing the milestone once again, he was started to like these children more and more.

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Gray panted as he stood over the broken remains of the demon that had haunted him for so long. At long last it was done.

He let himself fall on the ground in complete exhaustion. A chuckle escaped his lips, which soon escalated into a soft laugh. He laughed in joy, relief, sadness. Tears rolled down his eyes as images of his parents and Ur flashed before his eyes.

'Mom, dad, Ur... We did it' He look to the stars, the sky was so clear tonight. 'Thank you...'

He turned his gaze to Naruto, who sat cross legged on the ground looking his way; "Holding out on us have you? I never saw that before."

"Yeah" Gray sighed with a smile. "It's a stronger variant of another technique of mine. I've been working on it for a while now… Figure now it was a good time as any to test it"

"Still, it was quite impressive," Erza spoke next walking over as her armor vanish to back to her 'Hearts Cruz'.

"Guys!" They saw Lucy and Claire running towards them. "Are you alright?"

Natsu sat down and groaned. "I'm hungry..."

"They're fine" The elf said flippantly. She looks at the remains of the battlefield, feeling a great sense of accomplishment and relief. "It's a shame we didn't have a crowd, we could be the stars of our own bard's song"

"We did kill a legendary demon of Zeref" Erza smirked. "This is what, our second?"

"Hell yeah!" Natsu cheered with a flame spewing at the back of his throat. "Score two for Team Natsu!"

"WHO THE HELL SAID YOU COULD NAME THE TEAM THAT?!"

Naruto laughs at Gray's outburst as Happy landed on his shoulder. 'I think Mira will be okay with this.'

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The Fairy Tail crew is greeted with cheer by the villagers, Sherry, Yuuka, and Toby. A heavily bandaged Lyon on smiled as they came inside the village. Even the giant rat in a dress oddly enough was cheering as it sat outside the village.

"Here are the heroes who bested the foul demon!" The villagers cried accolades and shouts of gratitude. Claire stifled a laugh.

Lyon slowly walked towards Gray; he gently pushed himself away from the grip of his friends. He stood face to face with his former fellow student. His mouth opened and closes, as if looking the right words to say. "Gray I..." His gaze dropped in shame. "That was amazing. You acted as a proud student of Ur, I'm sure she's proud of what you did... Just like I'm sure she's ashamed by the things I did and was willing to do..."

The ice mage of Fairy Tail said nothing; he looked at the moon which still shined with a purple light. "On the way here, I saw the shards of Iced Shell melting into a stream, reaching the ocean" Lyon lifted his gaze. "Ur will always be there, just like she's right here" He softly tapped his chest with his fist. "She always kept us close to her heart too. Her daughter, you, me, not matter what happens, I'm sure Ur will always be proud of us"

His words were too much, the silver haired mage's ices filled with tears which streamed down his face. He ran a hand in an attempt to clean them. His heart ached at the memories of his teacher's wisdom and motherly kindness, of all the times he said and did those stupid things she had disciplined him, but she never stopped being the supportive kind woman who always wanted him to become the best he could be.

"You wanna truly live up to her legacy?" Gray asked without waiting for an answer. "Join a Guild, make friends, work to help other people. Make sure you're happy. That's all she ever wanted"

Lyon remained silent, taking in his friend's advice. Perhaps he should try. Looking at Gray, seeing how strong he'd become, how happy he was… Perhaps that was a life truly worth living, a true worthy dream.

Mocha walked over to the Fairies; "Thank for saving us all. BUT WHEN WILL YOU DESTROY THE MOON?!"

"Yeah, I wanna do that!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Oh for the love of god" Lucy grumbled in exasperation. "The moon is NOT the problem! When is that gonna get through that think head of yours?!" The villagers looked at them in confusion.

"I wanna blow it up anyway!"

"Oh for the love of..." Erza sighed and summoned her spear. "Natsu" She took a stance and aimed at the sky. "Punch it"

"Now we're talking!" His fist set aflame, the Dragon Slayer punched the butt of the spear with all his might as Erza threw it. The spear flew at maximum speeds towards the sky, for a moment it looked like it had collided with the moon, but in actuality it impacted against the Moon Drip barrier, it spread cracks all over the surface before finally breaking apart like broken glass.

The villagers smiled in cheer as the moon finally began shining its natural light after so long. They looked among themselves unexpectedly to see their bodies to return to normal. Only they didn't.

"W-Wait" One of the exclaimed. "Why didn't it work?" They began talking among themselves in fear and confusion.

Lyon's group shifted uncomfortably. "Um, yeah. Sir?" Sherry said awkwardly. "The Moon Drip ritual which makes the sky around the island purple at night actually isn't at fault for your, uh... condition"

"We've been here for three years" Yuuka added. "And it hasn't affected us"

"Then why does he look like a dog?" One of the villagers questioned, pointing at Toby.

"HEY WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DOG?! OW!" The doggish young man shouted before giving a very dog-like sound.

"...No idea" Yuuka admitted. "But we're certain the Moon Drip has nothing to do with it"

Mocha looked at them in confusion. "But... why do we look like this then?"

"Okay" Claire said tiredly. "This has gone on long enough. Listen up people" She called everyone's attention. "You're not human beings changed into demons; you're demons who can shape shift!"

The villagers stared at her for one long moment. "Girl, what did you smoke?"

The elf sighed and ran a hand over her face. "It's me, elder Mocha, Claire. Don't you remember? I visited Galuna before. Right before your son was born I think"

The elder gave her a scrutinizing look before his face lite up in realization. "Wait, I remember you!" He pointed a finger at her. "You got drunk on the moon-ale and danced around naked!"

"Do all the places you visit end up with you getting into drunken tirades?" Lucy dryly asked.

"Yep, that was me" Claire nodded. "Now, just out of curiosity. What do you remember about your mother?"

"Well that's a bit out of nowhere" The elder commented. "But I remember her fondly" He laughed. "Oh she would carry me in her claws and take me flying so high..." He blinked. Once, then twice. "...Why do I remember my mother having claws and wings?"

For what felt an eternity, nobody said anything.

"Oh dear, we're demons..." The elder muttered in realization.

"DING, DING, DING! You won the prize! I have come to this Island over a dozen times for over fifty years. I know every one of you by name." Claire smiled warmly.

A grey demon scratched his head; "I remember now. You never judged us for being demons. The elder even made you an honorary villager for helping us when that bad sickness came around."

The villagers talked among themselves in shock at this newfound revelation. "I... I remember clearly now" A female demon said. "We've always been like this"

"B-But..." The elder trembled as tears ran down his cheeks. "What about my son Bobo?"

"I'm fine dad!" A voice suddenly exclaimed; they looked to the sky to see a demon flying on the air with his wings. He looked a lot like the ferryman who had taken the Fairies to the island. His skin was purple and had dark spots over it, and had two horns sprouting from his head. "I sorry I hid away; it's just that everyone was acting so weird I was afraid the same would happen to me!" He smiled apologetically. "Sorry I made you worry so much!"

Mocha stared up in shock as his tears kept flowing like waterfalls. Slowly, a smile formed on his lips. "S-Son..." He smiled widely as two wings sprouted from his back. "BOBO!" He cried happily as he flew to embrace his son. The rest of the villagers joined them as they danced on the sky, their figures becoming silhouettes under the moonlight.

"They're not demons to me" Erza smiled warmly at the sight of the overjoyed people. "They look more like angels"

At the redhead's words, Claire only smiled. These were truly good humans. Inside his mind. Naruto and the Bijuu king only stare silently at one another. There was no arrogance or smugness in the blond's words as he spoke; "Your thoughts now Kyuubi?"

"Tch" The fox grunted. "I'm bored now. Let me sleep"

Opening his eyes, Naruto looked up to the moon solemnly. As the night wore on, the blond Uzumaki Natsu, Erza, and Gray were treated and bandaged by the village's healers. Soon everyone retired for bed.

The white fox stood over the roof of a hut.

Once more these mortals showed to be interesting. Demons they were, but the people of this island were kind folk who only wanted to live in peace. A vulpine smirk formed on his face.

"This should help you..." The white fox takes a deep breath.

He softly blew his breath into the wind, his magic was carried through the element and a small breeze picked up. He commanded the wind to go to the brave youngsters.

Gently the wind flowed through the village like a stream, entering into the Fairies' hut through the window. The magic in the wind caressed their bodies, softly flowing over their wounds, speeding up their healing and helping them rest, allowing for their energy to recover faster this night.

Satisfied with his task, the fox gazed at the starry horizon, jumping down from the hut he calmly walked until he reached the shore. He walked about the water as if his paws touched solid ground.

He had a few friends to see, there was still work to be done.

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Okay, sorry this took so long to come out folks.

Couple of things, the Unison Raid 'Ilustris Universalis' in Latin roughly means 'Universal Starlight', that's the best translation we could come up with.

Also NO, the crystal Ultear found to revive Deliora is NOT a McMuffin. It's actually something we have planned to have long end reaching consequences and related with other stuff we have for the story

That's all for now, we'll be working on our other story, RWBYN, next. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.